IAEA Media Advisory
IAEA Media Advisory 2003/2102 (21 February 2003)
News Update on Iraq Inspections
UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq, 21 February 2003
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21 February 2003 -- An UNMOVIC missile team inspected the Musaayib Power Station to check for possible storage of missile-related items.
An UNMOVIC biological team carried out an aerial inspection of two sites to the west and northwest of Baghdad.
The IAEA interviewed two members of Iraq’s former gas centrifuge programme. One was an engineer and the other a magnet specialist.
Hiro Ueki
Spokesman for UNMOVIC and the IAEA in Baghdad
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